Car-fender.



No. 364,647. PATENTBD AUG. 27, 1907. s. Is-HII.

CAR FENDER.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED un. so. 1907.

ATTORNEYS SHOZABURO .ISHIL OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang.l 27', 1907.

Application filed January 30 ,1907. Serial No. 354,852.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SHozAnUno ISHH, a subject of the Mikado of Japan, and a resident ol the city ol New York, borough oi' Manhattan, in the county and State oi' New York, have invented a new and Improved Car- Fender, oi which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to car fenders, my more particular object being to produce a type oi' fender admitting of gen eral use but oi peculiar service in connection with street cars, and presenting a number oi features whereby its efficiency, as a whole, is greatly improved.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part oi' this specification, in which similar characters or' reierence indicate corresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure l is a side elevation oi my improved fender showing the means whereby it is connected to a car, and also the means whereby it isV raised and lowered at will; Fig. 2 is a plan View ol the construction shown in Fig. 1, the canvas being removed for the purpose of exhibiting the metallic iramework and other parts; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section upon the line 3 3 oi Fig. 1 looking in the direction oi the arrow and showing the manner ol strengthening the canvas by forming the same into seams; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged central section through the arcuate rod 13 showing how the canvas is secured directly to this rod.

Two fiat bars 4 are provided with holes 5 whereby they may be secured upon the end oi a car for the purpose oi supporting the weight ol' the fender. Side bars (i are connected together by a cross bar 7 and by a bar S of arcuate form. A stay-rod 9 extends directly from one oi the side bars 6 to the other, and serves to brace the general construction. A pilot bar l() connects together the iront ends oi the side bars 6. Mounted upon opposite sides are bars 11 provided at their bottoms with portions 12 bent outwardly, as indicated in Fig` l.. A. rod 13, having a general arcuate iorm, extends directly across the iender and is provided with bent portions 14; serving as brackets and bolted directly to the side bars G. Brackets 15, each oi substantially U- shape, are mounted upon the pilot bar 10. A strap 16 ol flexible material, preferably leather, is provided with a buckle 17 whereby its length may be altered at will. This strap encircles rollers 1S carried by the brackets 15, in such manner that the strap is free to move when a part ol it is pulled in either direction, or when it happens to receive or give a glancing blow relatively to an obstacle.

Mounted upon the framework above described is a canvas web 19 connected to another canvas web 2O in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. For this purpose one edge oi' the canvas web 19 is bent back upon itsell, as at 19d, and one edge ol' the web 20 is bent back upon itselias at 20a, and tucked under as at 20". Stitches lil, 2Oc are next applied indicated in Fig. 3, so as to connect together the webs 19, 20. rlhe web 20 is reinforced by a seam 21 made by doubling the web upon itseli so as to make a three-ply iold, and securing this fold by stitches 21'. This seam 21 renders the canvas exceedingly strong, as will be understood from Fig. 2. An other web 22 also oi' canvas is connected with web 20 in` the lnanner indicated in Figs` l. and 4. That is to say, the free edges oi' the webs 20, 22 are bent back at 23, 24;, so as to leave portions 25, 2G. These are carried around the rod 13 and are bent back upon themselves at 27, 28. Stitches 29, 30 are next passed through the portions 23, 24, 27, 28, so as to secure the same permanently in position. This leaves the rod 13 enslieathed in a part olf the canvas so as to hold the saine securely.

It will be noted that the seams 2l are parallel with the general direction oi travel oi the fender and are so positioned that, if an object be thrown upon them, their strength is so applied as to prevent tearing oi the canvas. It will also be noted that the position oi the strap 16, relatively to the brackets l5, may be changed at will within a certain limit, so to keep any desired portion oi the strap toward the iront.

At 31 is a hand-strap connected directly with the pilot rod 10 and canvas mounted thereupon. By pull ing upon the strap 31 the operator causes the side bars 6 and parts supported thereby to move directly upward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. Pivots 32 eonneet together the side bars 6 and the portions 1.2 ol the bars 11. When the iender is not in use the iront portion oi it is simply raised by drawing upon the strap 3l. The latter may be secured in any desired manner so as to suport the lender in its elevated position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a car fender, the combination oi' :i framework, brackets mounted upon opposite sides thereof. rollers mounted within said brackets and disposed in a plane crossing :it n righi: angle the direction ot travel of the fender, and a strap encircling said rollers.

2. .In a fender, the combination oi' .a i'ranie and a canvas web mounted thereupon, said canvas web being AFolded back and i'orth upon itself nud stitched so :is to make u multiple fold for the purpose et' increasingl the strength of said canvas.

In a fender, the combination of side bars, a rod connecting the same together, webs connected with said side bars, said webs being stitched together upon opposite sides of said rod.

4. In a fender, the combination ot a framework provided lowering said framework, brackets mounted upon said' framework and provided with rollers, and a strap eucircling said rollersA In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. 15

SHOZABURO ISHII.

Witnesses WirrroN HARRIsoN, JNO. M. RITTER. 

